Abstract: A granulated product comprises a liquid organosilicon compound supported on a particulate carrier which is agglomerated into granules by a binder. A process for the production of a granulated product comprises depositing an organosilicon compound and a binder in a liquid state on a particulate carrier and subjecting the carrier thus treated to conditions in which the binder is solidified, thereby agglomerating carrier particles into granules. The particulate carrier is anhydrous sodium sulfate of mean particle size 1 to 40 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling device for a quenching operation during a continuous annealing treatment of a flat product in a form of a metal strip. The cooling device includes an overflow weir and a series of tubes ejecting a cooling fluid onto the strip, wherein the tubes are separated by a gap allowing evacuation of the cooling fluid via the gaps.

Abstract: In order to cool a metal strip (2) which moves in a continuous manner: the strip (2) is pressed onto a main cooling roller (10) so that the strip forms an arc whose inner face delimits, with the outer face of this roller, a contact zone which is suitable for discharging part of the heat of the strip towards the inner side of the roller, the strip (2) is held in contact with the main cooling roller (10) by means of a support roller (14) on the outer face of the strip, which roller is constituted by a resiliently deformable and thermo-capacitive material, and the heat transmitted from the strip (2) to the support roller (14) is discharged using secondary cooling means (16).

Abstract: In order to cool a metal strip (2) which moves in a continuous manner: the strip (2) is pressed onto a main cooling roller (10) so that the strip forms an arc whose inner face delimits, with the outer face of this roller, a contact zone which is suitable for discharging part of the heat of the strip towards the inner side of the roller, the strip (2) is held in contact with the main cooling roller (10) by means of a support roller (14) on the outer face of the strip, which roller is constituted by a resiliently deformable and thermo-capacitive material, and the heat transmitted from the strip (2) to the support roller (14) is discharged using secondary cooling means (16).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling device for a quenching operation during the continuous annealing treatment of a flat product in the form of a metal strip (2), preferably a steel strip, said device: being located in an essentially vertical, ascending or descending path; comprising an overflow weir (4) in which a series of tubes (1) are completely immersed and stacked more or less vertically and symmetrically along each side of the strip (2) and which each eject onto the strip a cooling fluid in the form of essentially horizontal turbulent jets through a slit or a series of holes; being provided in its lower part with a sealing means (3); characterised in that any two successive tubes (1) located on a same side of the strip (2) are separated by a gap (B) that is identical for all tubes (1), chosen at a given value of specific flow rate of the cooling fluid, expressed in cubic metres per hour and per m2 of a surface of the strip so as to minimise the loss of flow in the evacuation passages corres